Apparatus for handling beets.



' No. 898,112'. A PATPNTPD SEPT. s, 190s.

D. L. JUPHNGK.

APPARATUS P0P HANDLING BPPTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1908.

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DETLEF L. JOEHNCK, OF ROCKY FQRI,

APPARATUS non No. agarra.

To all whom it may concern* Be it known thatqi, DnrLnr L. Joni-nien, a citizen oi the United States residing at Rocky Ford, in the county of Otero and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Apparatus :tor Handling Beets; and i do hereby declare the following to be a fuli, clear, and exact description of' the inve` tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art which it appertains to make and use the saine` This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for handling articl s requiring screening and weighing betere storage, and while for the purpose oi brevity the app aratns is referred to through the specification and claims as a heet handling apparatus, it will be understood that the word heets7 is not to be construed as restricting the invention, as other products, such, tor instance, as other classes of tnhers, coal, stone, ctc., may he handled .equally well.

in handling beets, it is customary to haul the uncleaned beets from the iield by wagon loads, which loads are weighed and screened from the dirt and refuse matter before being conveyed to a Storage compartment, such, for instance, as a railroad car for transportation. One of the disadvantages ci this, however, is that allowance inust he inade for. tare., and in order that this may properljrbc done without weighing the beets separately, it is essential that the. weight of the dirt and other refuse matter be taken into consideration.

A primary object of the present invention is to facilitate the handling ci" beets by providing means whereby a wagon load of beets mixed with their refuse matter is initially weighed and then is dumped, so that the. beets are conveyed to the car compartment', and duringr such conveyance are screened, the screenings heini; discharged in a suitahle skip car that is autolnaticallyY operated bjr-the wagon, andconducts the screenings to aposin tion where the saine may he discharged into the wagon an d the wagon and dirt rewcighed.

While the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown and described, still for the purpose ci disclosure reference is had to the acconipanyingf drawings illustrating a practical cnihodiincnt ot the inventirm, in which like letters designate the saine parts in the several vien and inwhich Figure i is a longitudinal section through the improved apparatus showing a wagon in tcrniinatii position on the elevated plattorrn after the 'ents havt l iinned and the saine nthe hopper to ren, is a plan View 'e a planview ci the f o screei of the apparatus. skip ear.

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ti di i4, and supported its upper end hy' a cross audits lower end n Y ^sciV in a suitable foundation l noch freiner provided with an); suitable lentier n 'fans l n desired. At thc ripper ond, a l lon ci the track, as at. li), extends :1 f etal and on each side of l ranged upward wider gage than horizontal har l5 of the ti- OPP nort er in length ci track i9. Le side wam o? the hopionver lo the shorter ar\.2fii ll v lhemmt/opening; ai` the upper end ci the hopper. The lower opening of the hopper is provided with a swinging' gate Est, having' an arin and connterhalanccd weight 25 norinalh,v lending1 to force said to a horizontal position, and

drawings there the gate is locked in such position by .the latch 26 pivoted to the short wall of the hopper and operated by a cable 27, which may extend to any suitable o erative position shown in the drawings by t 1e ring or handle 2S on the platform.

29 represents a skip car provided with the shackle 30 pivoted to the side walls thereof towards the rea. end. The gage o f the for-- ward wheels 31 of the car is such that they-suit the narrow gage main' track 13 and short extensions 19, while the treads of the rear wheels 32 are extended so as to adapt them to the wider gage ofthe upwardly diverging rails 20.

33 designates a sheave carried by the support 22 at the upper end of the diverging rails 20, and 34 is a similar sheave mounted below the platform, a suitable sheave being also provided above the platform, as shown in the drawings at 35 inclining. Reeving over these sheaves is a cable 36, one end of which is attaehed to the pivoted shackle 30, and vthe other end carrying a tri hook 37 adapted to be secured with a suitablh hook, shown at 3 8, at the rear end of the wagon. To the latch of this tripping hook is secured a tripping cable 38b passing over a pulley 39 mounted on the trian ular support 5, and then passing downward y through the platform, being guided by suitable sheaves 40, the other end of the tripping cable being secured to the platform, as at 41, and the loop 38a of said cable carrying a weight 44 suspended by a block.

42 designate brake jaws interposed i between the sheaves 34 and 35, and the cable 36 passes between these jaws, one of said jaws being movable with relation to the other, and operated by a brake lever 43 pivoted to the platform.

ln operation, a wagon-load of beets is initially weighed, and is riden up .the approach incline 6 to the position shown in Fig. 1 onv the platform. The wagon may then be dumped by any suitable means, the contents discharging on the screen 8, and while the beets pass into the car the dirt and refuse matter fall through the bars of the grizzly screen onto the apron member 10 down through the chute l2 into the skip car 29. The load having been dumped the tripping hook is attached to the wagon, and while the wagon is driven down the exit incline the eable 36 pulls the skip car 29 upl the inclined track, and at the upper end thereof the forward wheels ride over the horizontal extensions 19, while the rear wheels run up the wider gage track, thus tilting the skip car automatically and dumping its conteii'ts into the hopper. At the same time that the skip car has been fully tilted and has discharged its contents into the hopper, the weight 44 will have been elevated and being stopped by the platform will exert a pulling'force on the trip cable 33b and release the trip hook 37, at which time the weight of the skip car will cause the rear Wheels to run down the rails 20, thus assuming its normal position and descending by gravity down the inclined rails 13 to its initial position beneath the chute 12, and at the same time returning the trip hook 37-to its initial position, the weight 44 returning the trip cable. The wagon is then driven below the hopper, and the cable 27 being pulled the latch 26 will release thegate 24, and the weight of the contents in the hopper will cause the gate 24 to swing downwardly, discharging the entire contents of the hopper into the wagon, the door being automatically returned by the counterweight 25, and is latched in its closed position by the spring-operated latch 26. The wagon is .then again -driven to the scales, and the combined weight of the wagon and refuse matter may be ascertained and deducted from the initial weight of the wagon load of beets.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of stationary means for screening a weighed load of beets, a receptacle forthe screenings, a hopper, means for shifting said receptacle from the screening means to said hopper by the vehicle ini' tially conveying the load of beets as said vehicle is moved away, and cooperating means automatically dumping said receptacle, and allowing its return to its normal position, substantially as described.

2. The combination with meansfor screening a weighed load of beets, of an automatically dumping skip car normallyv located adjacent said screening means for receiving the screenings, a hopper distant from said screening means, and means cooperating to conveyv said skip car to said hopper comprising sheaves and a cable connecting said skip car with the vehicle initially conveying the -load of beets, substantiallyT as described.

3. The combination with screening means, of a track terminating at one end adjacent said screening means and at its other end provided wi th an inclined extension of wider gage than said main track, a skip car operating on said track and` provided with lwheels having flanges of different width, and means operating said skip car by the vehicle initially conveying the weighedn load of beets,

substantially as described.

4. The combination with screening means, of a track terminating at one end adjacent thereto, and at its other ends the rails thereof terminating in short angular extensions, a second track of wider gage diverging upwardly from said short extensions, a skip car having rear wheels cooperating with said wide gage track to ride thereon while the forward wheels ride on the short extensions, and means for operating said skip car along said tracks by the vehicle initially convey- (lll ing the weighed load of beets, substantially as described. 4

y 5. The combination 'with screening means, of a track terminating at one end below .said screening means and inclining upwardly towards its other end, the rads thereof terminating in short angular extensions, a second track of wider gage diverging upwardly from said short extensions, a skip car having rear Wheels of wider gage than said forward wheels, the said forward wheels co )erating with said short rails, and the rear Wheels co operating with said wider gage track to tilt said skip car towardsthe end of its movement up said incline, and-means for operating said skip car by the vehicle initially coiiveying the Aweighed load of beets, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a vehicle platform and a screening means, a track terminating at one end beneath said screening means, an open ho per at the other end of said track provide with a counterbalanced gate at the bottom thereof and a latch for said gate, a skip car operating on said track, means automatically dumpingsaid skip car during the latter art of its movementat the hopper end of said) track, means for operating said lskip car, and means for unlatching'said hopper from said platform, substantially as described.

7. The combination 'with screening means, a track terminating at one end beneath said screening means, an open hop er at the other end of said track provided wit a counterbal- I aneed gate at the bottom thereof and a latch for said gate, a skip car operating on said track, means automatically dumping said skip car during the latter 'part of its movement at the h op er end of tsaid track, means for operating sai skip car comprising a cable extending from said skip car to a vehicle initially conducting'a load ofbeets to the screening means, and means for unlatching said hopper gate, substantially as described.

8. The combination with screening means,

a track terminating at one end beneath saidv means, a skip car operating on lsaid track, means atthe other end of said track to automatically dump said skip car, a sheave ifnoiinted adjacent the dumping end of said track, a cable secured at one end to said skip car, thence reeving over said sheave, and at' its other endprovidedwith a tripping hook adapted to engage the conveying vehicle for a load of beets, and means for automatically releasing sait. tripping hook from said vehicle substantially ai the. time that the skip car is being dumped, substantially as described.

9. The cmiibiiiation with screening means,I

a track tcriniiiating at one end beneath said means, a skip car operating on said track, means at the other end of said track to automatically dump l said skip car, a sheavev mounted adjacent the dumping end of's'aid lto engage the tri track, a cable secured at one end/tc said skip car, thence reeving over said sheave, and at -its other end provided with a tripping hook adapted to engage the conveying vehicie for a load of beets, and means for automatically t supporting sheave, and thence downwardly member of said tripping hook, substantial y as described. i

l0. The combination with a suitabiy supported platform, a grizzly screen iiclin fig downwardly from one end thereof, a chute, apron member disposed beneath. said gri: Alv

J screen and extending from the base thereof to said chute, a track terminating at one end be neath said chute, a skip oar operating on track, means provided at the other end of said track for automatically dumping said skip car at thatend, means for operating said skip car comprising as an element a cable extending between said skip car and a vehicle, `and means for automatically detaching said cable from said vehicle when said skip car is dumped, substantially as described..

11. The combination with a platform, an inclining screen at one end thereof, a track terminating at one end below said screen and inclining upwardly towards the other end o f said platform, lthe rails of said track. .at the upper end thereof terminating in short angular extensions, a second track-of wider gageI than said first ,tr-ack and 4divei'ging upwardly from said short extensions, a hopper adjacent said extensions and providedwith a counterbalanced gate at the bottom thereof, latching means for said gate, a sheave track, sheaves carried by said' platform, a ski car operating on said tracks and provi ed with rear Wheels of wider gage than its forward wheels, acabie reeving over said sheaves andvsecured at one end to said skip car, and at its other end provided with a tripping hook adapted'to-engage a vehicle,

means for automatically operating said trip ping hook when said skip car reaches the up per end of said rails, braking means for said cable to control descent of said skip car toits normal position, means for unlatching said hopper gate, and means for discharging the screenings from said screen to said skip car comprising a hinged apron member and a chute, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof, l aliix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.v

narrar L. Jonsson I Witnesses:

E. A, Bane, Enve i?. WILKINSON.

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